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Hi, and thanks for the welcome. I might have been unclear initially, but my hard drive isn't even formatted; I'm installing Windows for the first time.

Oh, right.

In that case, right-click the installer and choose Run as Administrator.

You could also right-click and choose Properties>Compatibility mode.

Failing that, if Windows is adamant that you can't install Lenovo's software you might want to check with Lenovo to see if they've got software with signed drivers, although I see from the link they are saying there's no compatibility issues.

I think you should let windows 7 complete the installation on it's own with it's drivers then try to install the drivers. I don't think you can slipstream this driver. The link and directions state among other things this driver is to resolve an issue when not using AHCI mode, so I think you could install in AHCI mode just using the standard drivers that comes with windows. In the very least that will give you progress.

Yeah, things seem to be fine just letting Windows 7 take the wheel. After the install, I've installed drivers and windows updates without any blue screens, so I think I'm in the clear. Thanks for the help

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